Norse received the Nancy Foster Award which is “given for excellence in service to habitat conservation.”

His chops, as described by Bill Hogarth, director of NOAA Fisheries Service:

“Dr. Norse’s tireless efforts since the 1970s, including leadership roles with the Council on Environmental Quality and non-profit groups that are now represented by The Ocean Conservancy, offer an excellent model for challenging traditional approaches to resource management. I am certain Dr. Norse’s work on conservation biology will continue to spark productive debate for years to come.”

Goodness knows the oceans could still use a little love. This story in today’s NYT delves into the warming of the oceans and the link with hurricanes and global warming, the increasing acidification of the oceans and how that’s likely to tweak creatures at the base of the food chain (again, greenhouse gas emissions are making a mess of things) and concerns about overfishing.